Rdafa, Copenhagen
Pierre d’Avoine was appointed as a guest professor at The Royal Danish Institute of Fine Arts School of Architecture in Copenhagen in 2009. The exhibition Land Architecture People was held there in autumn 2009 to inaugurate his professorship. The exhibition was subsequently shown at the vast 1,400 sq metre Ambika P3 Gallery in central London in 2010 and is intended to travel to China, Korea, India and Brazil with the support of the British Council. Pierre d’Avoine invited anthropologist Clare Melhuish and architect Andrew Houlton to collaborate with him on the exhibition which includes twelve large floor mounted models, pattern book projections, table top displays of maquettes, drawings and texts including interviews with clients by Clare Melhuish. The interviews were also broadcast as part of the presentation.